geóc
Safety, help, aid, succour, comfort, consolation ⬩ salus, auxĭlium, subsĭdium, consōlātio
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Safety, help, aid, succour, comfort, consolation; salus, auxĭlium, subsĭdium, consōlātio Mec geóc cyme safety shall come to me, Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 9; Rä. 6, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 3618; An. 1587.
wlǽta
nausea ⬩ loathing ⬩ what produces nausea ⬩ an object of loathing ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement
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Bútan hláfe ǽlc mete tó wlǽttan byþ gehwyrfed, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 35. Seó ofering ðé wurþ oþþe tó sáre oððe tó wlǽttan, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 16. Wlǽttan sentina (ab omni spurcitiae sentina immunes, Ald. 10), Ánglia xiii. 28, 28.
beód
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Bútan cræfte mínon ( the baker's ) ǽlc beód ǽmtig byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Be abbodes beódes gereorde de mensa abbatis, R. Ben. 93, 2. Críst gehál-gode on his beóde þá gerýnu úre sibbe, Hml.
efen
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Hé démð rihtne dóm and emne dóm, Wlfst. 253, 20: 254, 9. equal, of like condition Sé ðe conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, ond hé hine ná bettran ne déð qui scit ceteris aequalitate componi, Past. 113, 23.
ge-beorglic
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[Take here Coll. M. 24, 21 under ge-beorhlic] God forgifð ús menigfealde wæstmas, þǽra wé sculon brúcan swá ús gebeorhlic sý (in such a way as not to harm ourselves), Hml. S. 11. 357.
Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic
ginian
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Ginað barrat (cf. barrit elefans cum uocem emittit, Corp. Gl. H. 23, 34), 10, 69. of material, to gape, yawn, be wide open Beneoðan swíðe deóp niwolnys ginode (geonode, v. l.) profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18.
leán
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Se consul forseah þá sægene þe þá hlyttan him sǽdon, and him lógan ꝥ hé æt þǽm gefeohte ne cóme wið Gallie contemtis auspiciis quibus pugnare prohibebatur adversum Gallos, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 27 : Nar. 6, 27 (in Dict.).
wefl
weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)
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Wundene mé (a coat of mail) ne beóð wefle (ueflæ, Txts. 151, 5), ne ic wearp hafu the threads of the woof are not twisted for me, nor have I a warp, Exon. Th. 417, 15 ; Rä. 36, 5.
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CLYPPAN
To embrace ⬩ clasp ⬩ CLIP ⬩ cherish ⬩ complecti ⬩ amplexari
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Cone. Hý hí lufan fæste clyppaþ they firmly clasp them with love Exon. 107a; Th. 409, 8; Rä. 27, 26. Heáfodswíma heortan clypte insensibility seized his heart Cd. 76; Th. 94, 30; Gen. 1569.
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swecc
a taste, flavour, savour ⬩ the sense, of taste ⬩ an odour, a scent, smell ⬩ the sense of smell ⬩ an odour ⬩ odor
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Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 15. On swæce swylce gréne cystel, Lchdm. i. 108, 2. On swæcce swéttran ðonne beóna hunig, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 30: 144, 4. the sense, of taste :-- Mid úrum fif andgitum . . . swæc and stenc, Homl. Th. i. 138, 27.
sealt
Salt ⬩ salt
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Ofer sealtne (saltne, Cott. MSS.) sǽ, Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 8. Sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter þurh hiora múþ swá sealt (very salt), Blickl. Homl. 245, 25. Eahtoðe wæs sealtes pund, ðanon him wǽron ða teáras sealte, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 16.
be-drífan
to drive game ⬩ to follow up a track
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H. 95, 5. to drive game :-- Hundas bedrifon hyne tó mé canes perduxerunt eum (aprum) ad me, Coll. M. 22, 15. where something is done or suffered under compulsion Ðonne mon byð tyhtlan betygen and hine mon bedrífeð tó ceápe, Ll. Th. i. 142, 1, 5.
gearo
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Wé sungon be eallum hálgum ... æfter þyssum, prím ... eft wé sungon nón, and nú wé synd hér gearuwe gehýran hwæt þú ús secge, Coll. M. 34, 1. Hí wǽron gearwe tó fihtan[n]e ongeán þone kásere, H. R. 3, 9.
teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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Th. 72, 20; Cri. 1175. that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb :-- Balsames teár opobalsamum, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 51. Swá þicce swá huniges teár of the consistency of honey that has dropped from the comb, Lchdm. ii. 74, 4.
ge-gangan
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Gegangende, 136, 42. of time, to come, arrive (cf. ge-gán; B. II. 3 a) His aldres wæs ende gegongen, B. 822. Wæs endedæg gódum gegongen, 3036. to act upon by going (cf. ge-gán; ) Swá hit seó sulh gegange, Ll. Th. i. 262, 9
ge-þolian
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L. 14, 34. of things, to stick, cleave Cembe heó hyre feax; ꝥ þær on þám cambe geþolige, gesomnige (cf. ꝥ feax þe on þám cambe cleofige, somnige, 21) let her comb her hair; the hair that sticks in the comb let her collect, Lch. i. 332, 14
grétan
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to approach, come to, visit, touch, attack, treat or use in any way, know carnally; appropinquare, adire, visitare, tangere, hostiliter aggredi, afficere, cognoscere Ðú wyrmas gyt gífre grétaþ the greedy worms yet come to thee, Exon. 100 a; Th. 375,
LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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Tó ðam wege ðǽr eást ligþ ... on ðone wege ðe líþ tó Stánleáge ... ðam wege ðe tó Stanleáge ligþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 409, 2-17. Sió stów ðe se weg tó ligþ, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 37.
Linked entry: for-lǽge
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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Ger. zoum funis, habena; Icel. taumr bridle, rein, cord.] Similar entries v. bearn-, frum- (v. II above), here-, leger-teám; tíman
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme frum-teám
leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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Ðæs forwyrd and leásung and forleornung swíðe raþe cymþ tó him ðe hé hine sylfne déþ tó ðon ðe hé nis for this reason destruction and lying and error come quickly to him, that he makes himself out what he is not, Blickl. Homl. 183, 34.
Linked entry: bisleásung